This week in political economy.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 13–20)
This week in political economy.
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In Capitalisn’t Pilot, Zingales and Waldock Fret at Prospect of a Monopolist-in-Chief
In the inaugural episode of the new podcast from the Stigler Center and Chicago Booth Review, economists Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales probe the dangers of marrying business power with government power—without once uttering the name Trump.
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Zingales: Too Much Power in the Hands of Big Tech Could Distort American Democracy
Watch comments by Luigi Zingales from the recent AEI Panel “Should Washington Break Up Big Tech?”
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 5–13)
This week in political economy.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 22– Jan. 5)
This week in political economy.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 16–22)
This week in political economy.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 3–10)
The stories that most interested us this week.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 27–Dec. 2)
The stories that most interested us this week.
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“Markets Today Are Radically Different Than What We Believe – We Have the Façade of Competition”
A Stigler Center panel explores the implications of big data for competition policy and for consumer welfare.
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Watch: “The Reason We Have Google and Facebook Today Is Because of Antitrust Enforcement Against Microsoft”
In an interview with the Chicago Booth Review, Stigler Center Director Luigi Zingales spoke about the importance of competition.
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“Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell System Was in 1956″
Media scholar Jonathan Taplin, author of the new book Move Fast and Break Things, on the rent-seeking and regulatory capture of digital platforms.
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